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Studies in the History of the English Language. VIII, Boundaries and Boundary-Crossings in the History of English edited by Peter J. Grund, Megan E. Hartman.

Contributor(s): Grund, Peter J | Hartman, MeganMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Topics in English linguistics ; 108.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter, [2021]Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)ISBN: 3110643286; 9783110643282Other title: Studies in the history of the English language 8 | Studies in the history of the English language eight | Boundaries and Boundary-Crossings in the History of EnglishSubject(s): English language -- History | English language -- Grammar, Historical | Boundaries | Corpus Linguistics | Empirical | Geschichte der Englischen Sprache | Grenzen | History of the English Language | KorpuslinguistikGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Electronic books. | Electronic books. DDC classification: 420.9 | 400 LOC classification: PE1075 | .S885 2021PE1075Online resources: EBSCOhost
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributor addresses -- Introduction: Boundaries and boundarycrossings in the history of English -- Section 1: Conceptual and methodological boundaries -- 1. Scale and mode in histories of English -- 2. The blurred boundaries of genres-in-use: Principles and implications from rhetorical genre studies for English historical linguistics -- 3. Meanderings from early English to World Englishes: A Complex Systems perspective on morphosyntactic changes in wh-pronouns -- Section 2: Linguistic boundaries
4. First or best, last not least: Domain edges in the history of English -- 5. Expanding boundaries of a function word: Uses of one in Early Modern and Modern English -- 6. Non-correlative commas between subjects and verbs in Early and Late Modern English sermons and scientific texts -- 7. Old English verbs of envy: Class membership and grammatical behaviour -- Section 3: Language and language variety boundaries -- 8. Germanic /r/ as an isogloss, rhotacism, and the West Germanic gemination -- 9. Migration, localities, and discourse: Shifting linguistic boundaries in Swedish-American cookbooks
10. Specimen texts and boundaries in the history of the English language -- Coda: HEL-bound -- Index
Summary: The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributor addresses -- Introduction: Boundaries and boundarycrossings in the history of English -- Section 1: Conceptual and methodological boundaries -- 1. Scale and mode in histories of English -- 2. The blurred boundaries of genres-in-use: Principles and implications from rhetorical genre studies for English historical linguistics -- 3. Meanderings from early English to World Englishes: A Complex Systems perspective on morphosyntactic changes in wh-pronouns -- Section 2: Linguistic boundaries

4. First or best, last not least: Domain edges in the history of English -- 5. Expanding boundaries of a function word: Uses of one in Early Modern and Modern English -- 6. Non-correlative commas between subjects and verbs in Early and Late Modern English sermons and scientific texts -- 7. Old English verbs of envy: Class membership and grammatical behaviour -- Section 3: Language and language variety boundaries -- 8. Germanic /r/ as an isogloss, rhotacism, and the West Germanic gemination -- 9. Migration, localities, and discourse: Shifting linguistic boundaries in Swedish-American cookbooks

10. Specimen texts and boundaries in the history of the English language -- Coda: HEL-bound -- Index

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

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